The New York Herald Newspaper, June 14, 1875, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE (4, 1875.—rRIPLE SHEET. 3 nl THE GARBAGE NUISANCE. Condition of the City Streets in Refer- ence to Filth and Stench. NOISOME GUTTER OBSTRUCTIONS. ‘How Ashes and Garbage Are Re- moved in the Same Cart. “WE TAKES IT AS IT IS.” + W Herald Sanitary Inspection of the Streets. DISINFECTING THE FLATS. ‘The Authorities Awakened at Last. For weeks past writers in all portions of the wity have addressed complaints to the HrraLp Stating the existence of nuisances in various lo- ealities, Some have complained that the street Bweepers overlooked the regular cleaning of cer- jain streets, some made similar accusations of Mereliction against the cartmen who should re- Mmove the contents of the receptacies for refuse, others detall the oftensiveness of special nuisances ‘chargeable in some cases to public officials and in others to private citizens. Among the most com- mon were assertions that though the law anc the Police require householders to place im separate wessels for removal by the curtmen the ashes and wlean rejuse they may produce and their garbage ‘and other filthy products, yet in the removal all ‘were actually thrown into one cart together and ‘driven away to the dumps, In order to test the accuracy of these complaints ‘ne HERALD detailed a corps of reporters te make a thorough inspection or the city below For- fty-sixth street. dn the streets on Saturday, herewith given, show ‘shat there was abundant cause for complaint, and jthat the Street Cleaning Bureau and the Board of Health have abundant work on their hands if they ‘would prevent a pestilence from filth. FIRST WARD. South street was tolerably clean, with the ex- Yeeption of occasional piles of neglected manure nd more or less garbage in the gutters. The Bmail side streets, however, seemed to be entirely ‘overlooked, and nearly all of them were clogged pein manure ané@ filth of ail descriptions. Washington street, in the vicinity of Battery lace, showed the most disgraceful disregard of }the law. Although boxes were provided for the reception of gawbage it seemed, trom the ‘condition of the street, they were intended as simple ornaments, The street was covered with warbage, which had evidently beem carelessly thrown out, and manure beaps, stable refuse and | jother objectionable matter were abundant. The ‘writer accosted @ policeman and asked tor infor. imation concerning his instructions as to the dis- position of garbage. “Do you enforce the law requiring the separa- Mion of ashes irom filth and garbage ?” “Oh, that makes no difference; our orders are \only to see that the stuff is not putin tue street, It all goes together in one box.” “Bat it is supposed to be separated.” +» “I dom’t know apything about that; it don’t make gny Cifference.' Several of these receptacies were examined by ‘Que reporter, and in no case was the law complied ‘with, Many of the barreis were mere sheils, old gnd leaky, and the liquid contents were oozing wut over the sidewalk, producing am cndeniable puisance both to signi and sinell, Im several tu- ances evidences were given as to the imperfect gaanner in which the receptacles were emptied. Old garbage 1s leit sticking at the bottom of them, gud it is possible that it might so remain for days ‘to reek with rottenness and disease. That part o1 West street inc.uded in the First ward was in tvlerably good condition, SECOND WARD. The Second ward was iar worse than the first. Gold street, between Fulton and Beekmai in an entirely neglected and fithy condition. Pues of manure, eld shoes and garbage were pien- sally distributed bots in the street and on the wivewalk, Cll street was similarly situated, Pulton Market, how- Garbage barreis, tt ts ms to be It Jed, as toe streets and in some cases the side- ‘walks were strewed with decayed fruit, vegetavle gnatter of all descriptions, with an eccasional pot crab or other delicacy that had been Kept too long to be vory. It w due Bo the ausnorities to say toast 8 cart was engaged in collecting the market gar- BDage, while the reporter was imvestigating, but he work was slowly and imperfectly done. Great of pea shells, decayed bananas, strawberries were heaved up in the gatiers, in direct vioiation of law, and the Sort until the cart came round, And when tt did ome the work was not properly accomplished, Aud muck refuse was ieft exposed to tne rays of ‘sue sun and choking the gutters, Proceeding down South sireet, the large whole- Bale fruit stands on the wharf below Fulton ferry fwere examined and were found in but little bet /ter condition than was the vicinity of the market. |fouth street, as far as Fletcher street, was simply Fiithy, likewise Fietcher street and Buriing slip. jeaps of refuse and mancre and a general defi- lency Of garoage receptacies were the Charac.er- tics of this locality. THE THIRD WARD. of West street, irom Dey to Fulton, king Mass Of flith and ever, bore off the palm, rue, are provided, but their use s ‘The gut c ne rece] wre. jaua Warren, ovne: jmoniousiy into the gutter: ery dirty. Piles of rove: Mi in far cenal- several violat of the 4. From Vesey in Greenwich street, between Chamoers Tadisn tops, cabbage ¢arrots, apples and In each the of policeman it soiner fruits and vegetadies decorated It. lower sane of story One o1 a ect fepeo bei! ese that Rin refuse in the streets,” Te abundanwtiy scattered in the vic s beat, one Might suppose *@saficient mumber of o/ daty. existing in these wards sue dis) a the three was # the and wards oid AS garbage and reiuse ty of this ol newiecte: and vegetavles which are allowed encumber the smaller streets Gatil they are transiormed iato @ noisome mags of corruption. FOURTH WARD. There are, perhaps, lewer “garbage boxes” in ithe Fourth ward tnam im any of the other down- town wards of the city, im proportion to its popu- Jation. A gi mprehended — ‘Within its limits are heavily overcrowded with ‘Tenement houses, and it i im front of only a few ©! them that recepticies for refuse mater can | nywhere oe seen. After thoroughiy cany: Veral oter Sections ef the city she wr #0 seriously interfe Fourth ward. tere are some of the most €xied tenements of the metropolis, and an the immediate neighbornood of these crumbling rookeries that the greatest flith and dirtiness pre- vail. Looking down from Cathar 8 inrongh the dusky confines of Water street, pedestrian beholus pice of garbage heaped ¢ ‘where, composed Of decaying matter o| ail ties, while the atmosphere is with the pubitc bh irom curb to curd in ju howe stresk soa fhe eames bad ne wooin. qq eee (reese aetna ‘The results of their observations | piles were tere | cayed fruit | | condition ef affairs exists. Garbage boxes are the greater ing daily rown tores and dwelling houses into the ublic higuway. The river {ront bordering upon bis 8 NOt quite so bad, but from the condi- tion of its gutters and sewers, a3 well as from the water basins which here and there are found in its imperfect pavement, it 1s wortay of immediate attention irom the Board of Health. Even when @ gacbage box Is vecasionally found for epart {rom the itis no fit object ot Dan ashes, dust and dirt 1¢ contains tt 18 also filled with routing apples, Canbage, amd, in many in- stances, decaying meats. ‘There is scarcely Teet in the Fourth ward tarough which it is not highly disagreeable to walk, while the greater rt of them are in just that wretched condition fikely to breed all sorts of malurious diseas FIFTH WARD, It isin this district that a great many of our fruit and grocery stores are 18 front of them taat ti noliced six barrels of rotten veg sianuing side by side on the curo im front of a large eablisg ut Located near the corner of Dua id Greenwich streets, and asked one of several porters standing around what became of the contents of the barrels alter they were re- moved, The poricr was somewhat cautious to reply at orst, ly 8a go to the factory to make vinegar.’” “Do huey make vinegar vut of such rot as that?” asked the reporter. “The stuifis so lar gone that it leaks out of the barrels.” “Beat vinegar in the world,” returned the por- ter, *{t controls ihe highest price in the market.’” “But some of the barrels contain stale cabbage,” said the writer. ‘Surely, they don’t make vine- gar out of thas?” “Oh, the cabbage goes to the cows,” was the response. \ But, when the porter was 8 moment later called away, & man in jue shirt tapped the writer on | the shoulder and assared tum that the barrels contained naugnt but garbage, which every mor! lug Was carried of in Carts, emptied on the river Bc-WS Bod subsequently conveyed—hé Knew not where. On Jay street, near the corner of Greenwich. the reporter found a huge gi box filed with aimost every cOncelvabie surt of mal ter; dirs, hes, rimds, vegetables, on the top of which rested the body of @ dead cat, On the corner of Franklia and West Streets Was another box as miscellancously Milea, Near No, 269 Greenwich street was still an@ther box, filled principally witn house sweepings and remuants of all kinds from the kitchen. Near No, 267 the reporter lound @ huge iron box, filled to overfiowing with ashes, chips of wood, and the ¢ same proportion of vegetable matter, at in the neiynvor.ood of Washington and Vestr, sireets, Where several noarding louses are located, the reporter found several barrels of dec: vegotanle refuse of the very worst species, aud in Wuich, though only deposited in the morning, the noonday sun was creating disagreeable N No. 405 Oanal street the writer found # rough looking br of garbage. composed of @ large amount of asbes, vegetabl and bones, ‘There was scarcely @ street in tuis ward in which th boxes were not pientiful, the contents of which, thoug pure and poisonous im the ex- treme, are datly carted to the river, thrown on a Aetbosy and towed off somewhere to Make “Dew and,’ SIXTH WARD. Baxter street presented a painful outiook. reiuse ter lay eroly whan ip the gute: rom fulfilling theic Large pools of water stood mixed with the dre; from the pavement on ettner mde, dirty and foul With the garba,e intermixed with tuem, Many little bare-ooted children were running among them, apparently highiy amused; but neither they Lor their parent(s seewed to appreciate the danger thereby incurred. At No, 14, as weil asim front of alarge tenement house near this point, wei two large boxes filed with every species of flu highly unpleasant to look @ very injurious to Nos. 86 and 88 were two more boxes, equally disgusting, while directly io front of No, 62 was anotoer box Mlied with ashes, house sweepings, oniens, garlic and cabbage. At No. 59 was still another box, which lor dirtiness and the foulness Of its contents surpassed ail the others, And soit Was tarouguout the enure street. The gutters were filied with rotlening matter and te middie | Of the theroughfare strewn with old hoop skirt: cast-of shoes, bits of crockery, &c.; not, of cuurse, to the obstruction Ol travel, but still to an ich the Board of Health and the Street ng Bureau snouid not tolerate, Allaiong Muiberry tb, 0, the same bad outlook Was afiorded. At No, 24 there was a box of rot, and in a of No. 48, wuere there Was no huge pile of garage lay emitting foul odors iter, in iront of No, 87 another beap of | Teluse macter had been thrown, which the morn- | Ing carts had failed to remove, Mott street was but little better, for garbage | Piles and garbage boxes containing f@tid matter | coud be seen 10 every block. | Ali around the Five Points the same condition Oi udfairs exist, and to state. what was veleid there would be but a repetiiion oi the above, SEVENTH Wau. Many O! the streets of tunis ward are as dirty and foul as those of tae Fourth, Fifth aud Sixth. The Tesideuts of the tenement houses along Heury | street, no matier in what part of The e- street, and the Board of Heal’ appears to be per- fectly iad'fferent lo agyrhiag Mey de. =~ Monroe strect tue Writer jound seven piles of bage lying directly in tue gutter, aud BAW bOX alter 00X of filth and roctenness. less to recite in detali tue Condition of the streets | of tae Seventh ward, for a description of one would give a fair impression a to the condition of all the others, Tue Board of Health need only Walk through the ward 10 order wo ascertain its need of thorough disinfecting. | KIGHTH WARD. ‘the streets througnout the Eighth ward, with but few exceptions, presented a moderately clean @poeaiance, duc doubtless to the recent neavy rains, Toere was, however, noticed a great deal 01 dirtor mud in the roadways, ch play showed that tuey had not been swept as Olten or @s regularly a8 tuey should ve. | avsence of anytuing iike the fith tion, beimg full we water to nate, and under the stroog sun 10 give of most disagreeavie odors. | The drains too at the street coruers also emit & stench which at times is almost unoearabie and cannot but we detrimental to the health of tae aweilers im the bouses near by. In hundreds of | complain ol th 7 sance, it should not astonish the city fathers to hear 4t any Mement that the cholera had broken out in the ward. Avenues B, 0 and D are re- Mmarkably free from the garbage nuisance, but some of the smaller streets, Lewis street in £ ticular, are sadly neglected, The latter is, in fact, in’a horrible condiuion aud can take rank with any in the Tenth ward. The lower parts of the cross sireets, from First street to Thirteenth Street, were found in a comparatively better con- dition, propably owing to the fact that a couple of ash carts had recently paid them @ visit tuat morning, bat if tne force is not doubled it will be several beg yet before the barrels and paiis are ewptled. The odors that saluted the nostrils of the passers | the midday sun poured its rays down upon the barrels of ashes, notato peels, cabbage leaves, cosee grounds, stale bread, ham bones and rotten apples was sickening, VOUKTEENTH WARD. There was found littie to complain of in the Fourteenth ward, the streets geverally being fairly clean, although in Elizabeth street there ex- ist some bad odors, and the roadway is strewed with refuse and litter. FIPTRENTH WARD. The streets in this ward, which ig bounded by Sixtn avenue, Fourteenth street, Bowery and West Houston street, are ali in a toierably good state of cleanliness. Tue broom, how be applied @ littie o\tener in some insti out doing any harm. BEV ENTEENTH WARD. This ward is kept very clean, The barrels are emptied regularly in most of the streets, and the secret Of this was learned from a gentleman who resides in Ninth street, He sated tat most of the families in hie immediate meighborkood paid @ small benus of twenty-five or fifty cents per week to the ast cart drivers to be punctual and particular, and @ sald Uhey pad very iiitie trouble, as they and cleaned the drove round regularly every da: gucters up well alter them, and in some instances, Where @ iamily possessed @ small hose and would Tun 16 out for them, they would wash tho barrels out, From First to Fourteenth street, between Second and Fourth avenues, there were few fltuy Garbage barrels to be seen; but outside of these boundary lines the scene that met the eye was on @ par with waat the reporter had witnessed In the Tenth and Eleventh wards. in sront of the long block of tenement houses in Fourteenth street, betweem avenue A and First avenue, the signts and smells were sickening. Festering in the hot sun Were piles o! garvage on the carbstones and in the gutters, while rows of barreis flied to the brim with the same nauseous staff, stood side by side with pails and buckets of ashes, tue contents of worn-out straw beds and all suck other refuse as accumulates in tenement lonses, where no attempt at cleanliness on tne part of t tenants is made, in the miast of all this disgri stood a ash cart, half full, but having no horse hitched to it aod ho driver in sight. SIXTEENTH, TWENTIETH | AND TWENTY-SBCOND WARD! Other reporters made a tour through the streets and along the river front on the west side of the city, irom Forty-sixth street down to Fourteenth street. This section of the city ts built up in th main by factories and houses—nouses which are filthy inside and oat, and which have the inevitable look of dilapidation which seems to be the trade mara of poverty, Jront of these tenements are pia huge woo receptacies for the garbage which so rapidiy ac- cumulates Wien so Many people have to live in a cramped 7 Tnese boxes were found posi- tvely reeking with fiith which oozed out, aad which bad been reduced to @ liquid oy the rain, This ioul siime trickled down into the gutter, and | when the sua was high emitted a sour odor tnor- oughiy disgusting to the nostrils, An examina- t.ou of the contents of these boxes proved tuat at the very lowest calculavion fifty per cent vegetable matier, potato peelings, rhubarb t and decayed cavbage leaves fortaing tae largest proportion, In no mgie instance did she reporter come across a box uch Con | Mained novning but ashes or ordinary sweepings. Tue first place of any note visited was the pij d sheep pens belonging to the Central Railroa y wwe Brieas weil, These peps cover about two blocks of ground on toe river front, extending trom Forty-second to Fortieth street, 4 are capable of accommodating thoasands 0) ‘ad of live stock. ‘There were comparatively few porkers in the pens, the reason being that the Erie boat had nov arrived. Taere are aiso slaughter houses connected with toe pens, the killimg beng done entirely in the afternoon. ‘Ibe fooring of ‘he pens WAS comparatively clean, and the apn tleman who conducted the reporter through 1 buiiding said that the pens were cleaned out an the whole place disinfected at least once # day. There certalniy was a very strong oor of carb acid or something Of that sort, but the smeil of the pig, that suffocating odor which is far more au ting than @ decided stench, would pot be subdued, and boeldiy asserted itself. When the wind i# blowing ‘rom the west the residents of that section east of Tepth avenue piace as 4 veritable niftsance. At the jovt of bia thee id and Thirty-eigtth wtreetsiinere is a wide tract being filled in, The | reportér was astonished to see there, however, e wireet tuey | reside, seem to Cas: all they G) Bot care jor in the | } It would be use- | there Was an | instances It was noticed that quantities of asbes | and garbage had deen droppea imrotae gutters id Ou the slaewalks instead Of being dumped inte the carts, and lett to fermen: and cause disagree- abie smells. Sullivan and Thompson streevs are the filthiest im tois ward. In the jatter certainly the odors are sickening in the extreme, ana it will be miracie if it does not induce typhoid and other fevers during the commg d term. ‘Lue population of tunis ei is in & great measure Composed of Dlacks Whites of the ivwest order, and for the most part auaaiea togewer indiscrimimately in tumbie ‘own baidings. MOSt Of the lots have rear houses, anu ali are thickly peopied. Garbage and litter are every where, Wutle 11 the depressions in the pavement are always to be found poois of slimy water which emit @ most nosome | ouor. The street liself badly needs repair and snould be swept daily, and strong disiufectants applied to keep 1t in any degree cle people persist in throwing ther Muiter into the gutters, Lhe s | on their way down town pass thro street and it is acommon thing to as sengers of both sexes gold their bandnercinefs te their faces the whole length of the street in order to 80Ut out tae aisgusting and sickening smell. WAR ‘This is one of nest in the city. Ganse- Yoort street is t ly one in the ward that was Jound tn any Way offensive. This street is littered all over With mud, garbage, ashes and refuse matter of all kinds. ‘Tae pavements of neariy all the stree ts In this ward are in & Very bad state aod need repairs, West street especially being ia ry bad condition, TENTH WAR! If the health of tae peopie im any ward in thie City needs looking after it certainly does in ¢ Tenta ward. Turoagh Ohrystie, Forsyth, All Orchard, bi@ridge, kssex, Delancey, Ludlow Norfoik sireets whe sidewaiks are almost bivck- aded with varrels, pails and tin pans, containing ashes and pty ana, jadgimg from the signt and smeli‘or wi cabbage Inust be the chief aricle of diet. Mere ‘wad there @ barrel, with nothing but ashes im it, could be found: but the instances were rare, aod Im Many parts of the different streets wuere the garbage had bee: thrown barrels d hauled d brate, and plentifully scattered | ters, and there it is allowed to remain, for t drivers of the asm and gar carts do not tae trouble to shovel 1 up. st this ward is the fact that the garbage carts do not pay waily id parts Of it, and some of the barreis ced LY ® ARKALD Te- Porter were packed per.ectiy solid from the recent rains. Daring @ Waik througm the entire ward but one ash cart was seen by the reporter, and upon Watching the driver and Noticiug the fact | tuat garoage and ashes were both thrown into the same cart, tue questiou Was asked of the lat- ter if no distinction was made between the two. Said the ariver:—“it make no difference to me. I dumps woat! finds into the cart just as the people leaves it on the sidewalk.” “But,” said the er, y ordinance whic! } hb says there shall be shail not be mixed together?” don’t know anything about it,” sala the man; te you are esxing me but Pil just ask you ome. around aad see if you observe of garbage. The people mix w and garbage op themselves, and | have not got time to separate st ior them.” ‘Truly, the driver was rignt. No separate recep- tacies were in sight, Whea asked why tne barreiw were ailowed to stana #0 long Without being id id not know. He aid what for, and if otner drivers did not come Anisa upit# 20) His jaule or was at mignt and busraess. The soene here | there ww great ' tame ie Bot A ENTH WARD. rather more agreeable, for Improvement, on to abate the yet ome nul- “do you not know | & barrel for ashes aud a box for garbage, ana that | w fing, and ii | a box for | | | | bus au immense heap of manure and cartmen stil | dusy carrying loads of the same stuff to and iro om the dock. Tats, 1 appears, is one of two manure dumping grounas on the west side, In conversa- top Wilh a Cartman the lact Was elicited that— “Wes don’t be allowed to dump macure here in the summer tlme becase of the market there De- yant, pot for the last two summers,” but hero they were dumping y rigut briskly and not on the scow Whicb Was moored Co the J00t 01 the pier, heaping it up @a the dock — itsolf, Tne reporter was also imiormed tnat cer- tain parties have the privilege of dumping TMmunore ail the winter tal dock, | cousequence is that with the snow and the wes much of the liquid must ron out, which festels aud rote waeu toe summer com There may ve @ good deal of romance about tae odor of the burnyara being conducive to bealth, but the ouor from these Thirty-eight street manure heaps is exempt irom any suco hygienic properties. At tne foot of Thirty-third street a vegetabie train of the New York Central Railroad was on tue dock aad venders were being Supplied With potatoes. On the ground ail along by tae train, woich was over & diock in lengtn, were strewn rotcen potatoes, the | | | ‘Which were picked out and thrown tuere to swell | the filth which maturaily coilects along front. The sun had already begua wo dot and the sour swell Which Was Warted on breeze was simply Sickening, aud in marked coi the odor from the pine and spruce logs awed juinber piled along the river for wearily a@mile further dowa. KILLING THE STENCH—DEAD OIL SCATTERED ON HARLEM FLATS--THE BEALTH AUTHORI- TIES AT WORK AT LAST. Disbecker is “dished.” The writer in explain- ing the position of our worthy Police Commis- sioner, is aware that be uses aa anomalous figure of speech, burt still, among the fertile farming lands of Pennsylvania, the word he em- ploys has 4 quaint and a curious significance. “Dished” ts a term applied to a man who, contending against his feliow beings in a fair and equa! combat, finally crops the ‘“cradie” and retires from the struggle utterly disheartened and oroken down. This is tt with the worthy, euortierous and “night bloomiug” Dishecker. At first be denied the existence of auy odors at all; next he said only five per centof the garbage dumped was unwholesome to the public health; subsequentiy he brought ont a sort of a pamphiet corroborative of bis own views, signed, by the way, by minions, unfortunately under his taumb. But owing to the startling exposures made re- cently in the HERALD, the polite, dumpish and oderiferous Disbecker imaugursted a reiorm, the particulars of whicn will be found in the sequi ‘The writer met last evening one of the sergeants of police on duty im the mfected district, or itis to be hoped in the disinfected district, and the following couversation ensued : RePorTer— Sergeant, do you know of any meas- ures having been takea toward disinvecting (he Harlem flats t Seneeant—Do | know of anything’ Weill, ite my night on, and if you'd heard the men come in the station house you'd think there was some- thing of the kind going on. Reronter—Weil, Sergeant, what do you know about it? SeRGeANT—All I Know about It Is that last night & tugboat steamed up to the whar! at t foot of Ninety-seventh street and deposited 124 barreis of dead oil, and | understood that there was more to come. I telegraphed that fact down town, that is to Potice Headquarters, bat I have heard nothing of It since then. I believe, however, that the material came from the petroleum factories at Hunter's Point. You HERALD people are doing & good work, and if you only keep it up I have no doubt that the resuit will be beneficial to the residents of this district.” Aconductor on the Third avenue |ine of cars, who bad yen on duty all day, was found at letsure we to the report ng inforwation:—"i feom the depot at twel minutes nine this morning. Last night the stench from whe fats was periectiy horribie, but on my return trip from down town I poticed & very perceptibie change ia the odor. | couida’t make out what it meant until one of the whe back of the car # ‘Look a Wov's that sprinkling business mean!’ and then I looked over to the piace where the smelis come from and | saw acart, just like what they use m sprinkling the streets, only tt didn't have any hg attached to it. There was @ length of hose rumning ont from bevind the cart, and it Jeoked a# though they were playing water on a ‘dead fire, Then wh're was another cart a folicrin it, and about @ half a dozen mon were d@ippin’ Cval oli out in buckets id ‘chnckin it around loose.’ Ef you ever travel over the road much you can tell the diference in the smeli yourset(.”” The reporter also learned that the Police Sur- geon Of the imiecied district had been traversing it all day amd that the officials Boara of Healin nad been pers nally supervising the distri- bution Of tae “dead ol” over the Mata | THE. PRIZE: RENG. Coming Fight Beiween Tom Allen and George Rooke. ilies ALLEN’S TRAINING QUARTERS An Easy Victory for the British Pugilist Counted On, ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTEST PrrrsBuRG, June 10, 1875, On the 17th of the present month the centennial anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hull will be celebrated in the Kast by a military pageant, the booming of cannon and the crashing of small arms, while in the West it will be celebrated somewhere in the neighborhood of Pittsburg by & representative battle between the English and Americans, The issue 1s a pecuniary one—some $3,000 being at stake—and Her Majesty’s govern- ment will be represented on the ocoasion by Mr, ‘Thomas Allen, whe has performed a like duty no degrees of success, The Americans have a repre- sentative in Mr, George kooke, who, though Irisn by extraction, is an American to all intents and purposes, and, thongh not as old a warrior, is said by those well up in the annals of this pecultar sort of war- fare to be his equal im every other respect. It cannot be said conscientiously that as great principles are involved in the issue of the con- flict next Thursday hung upon that where Putnam fought and Warren fell, but there is no doubt @ great portion of the American people will devour with more eagerness the recital how the rounds were sought and take more interest in the reteree’s decision in the former than in the most critical historian’s decision of the points aud Onal issue of the latter, HR FIGHTS OF MR. THOMAS ALLEN. Tom Allen isin the very prime of manhood. He was bornin Birmmgham, England, in 1840, and consequently is in the tlirty-filtn year of bis age. His first appearance in the prize ring was on the 12th of March 1861, when he defeated Morris Copnors in ten rounds, lasting twenty minutes, After this effors his appearance in the ring was frequent and his successes Outuumoered his defeats. On the #2d of June, 3867, Allen arrived in the United States, and, after knocking around goog deal, went to St. Louls, where he made friends who soon found him an opponent in the person of Wiilam Davis, the fight taking place on the 12th of January, 1869, at Chouteau Isiand, jourteen miles above St. Louis, Allen Was an easy winner in joriy minutes, On the 27th of the February following he fought Charley Gal- lagher, at Qorrali Island, nearly opposite st. Louis, whict resulted tn Allen’s deieat, Gal- lagher struck him @ terrific right hand biow in the second round, which knocked Allen com- pletely out of time, His next conflict was with McCoole, the Western giant, which took place on Foster's Isignd, twenty-six miles from St. Louis, which be really won but which was given against him by the referee. Immediately aiterward Allen was matcued against Gallagher for the second time, the Ogit taking piace near St. Louis on the 17th of August, 1869, and which w declared a draw through a misunderstanding on part of the releree, His next encounter was with Jim Mace, the English champion, near Kenner- ville, La., which was won by Mace in ten rounds and jorty-fve minutes, Allen having been badiy hurt by Mace throwing him in the early part of the fight, Afver Allen’s retarn to St. Louis his friends set about making a fresh match witn McCoole, in which they were successiul, the fight taking place some fifteen miles above St, Louls on September 4, McUoole was most unmercifully Whipped and had to be carried in & olanket to the boat, Ajle.’s last fight was with Ben Hogan, of Petrota, near Pittsburg. The men after much trouble through the interference of authorities met at Pacific City on November 18, 1873, But three rounds were fought when the ring was broken into and the fight stopped. MR. GEORGE ROOKE. ‘This pngilist was born in Ireland im the year 1840, and therefore is about the same age as Allen. He came to the United States some thirteen years ago, and fought bis Orst battie here with Tim Hussey for $500 a side, in the suburbs ef Boston. ‘The Gght was a one-sided affair, Rooke winning it so easily that bis iriends were confident it woula not be long before he would be the best man on the boards. He was soon alterward matcned against Collins, better known as the Cast Iron Man, for & purse of $1,000. This fight went against Rooke through the fault of the reieree, who called a (oul blow alter the men Bad been fighting one hour anda half, In 1867 Rooke met Matt Moore on One of the Isles of Suoals for $1,000 aside. This was @ terrific figut, occupying one bour and four minutes, in which thirty-seven rounds Were fought. Roeke was whipped, and badly too, before the sponge was thrown up, but he perse- Vered ull the end, and fell only when be was an- | abie to remain longer on his legs. This was Rooke’s last Oght, thougn he has been looking around fora customer, aud finally finding backers, came co the conclusion that Allen would suit nim, THE PRELIMINARIES, The men met im New York, where articles of agreement were drawn up and daly signed. It was stipulated that they should fight at catcn | Weights for $1,000 aside, open to $1,500, amd taat the battle should be fougnt near Pitisoarg, and on the 17tn of June. Harry Hil) chosen temporary stakeholder, some weeks Arthur Chambers, on oenall of Alien, aaa Joe Covurn, representing Roose, met ior the purpose of lectung the battie ground to choose a finai stakenold Chambers, in benalt of Allen, won toss, and named within forty mi Rooke is to be notified of the exact spot at least jour days before the fight. Aiter many sug- estions aNd mack wrangiing 1t Was agreed that join Chamberlin should ve the final stakehoider. | ALLEN IN TRAINING. Three weeks ago Allen, accompanied by young Donnelly, ‘ainer, it. Louis ived here from Rock: e in Coliyer ig his work for a mes ired, howeve: most beautiful w be The house is tenanted by Mathew Frazier, his wife and four sons, and is seen to be an oid joned brick mansion of two bawards, stories with an caken shingle roof curied | and twisted by the rays of the suo Tue house i whitewashed to th eaves, and the porch in front is old and weather- be ‘There ig a hill in the rear, green to its crest, and in front ola elm aud fruit trees bend to | the breeze from tie Obi Rose bushes | ik tothe | rivet side, while the view of tue pemt is uninterrupted for a dis- | tance of Many miles, On the occasion of your coi respondent's visit yesterday he found Allen pre- paring for his afteraoon’s waik. He crossed the river skid, directly opposite his training quar- | and them started out ©m foot io Coulter | the oarsman’s boat house, about a mile +} haif to the east. After @ chat with the sculler, Den- | neily revurned home by the shortest cut, while | Allen, UNacoompanied, again Crossed the river, at the vead of Branet’s Island, aud (ook to the bills, ‘Tnese be climbed like @ bey, and after ri the level road at on a very & half-past m e seemed and 80 expressedehimsell to than at amy period oi pis life. from St. Louis bis weight was 220 poun he weighs bat 178 and proposes to recuce himseif eight pounds yet i! possibie, entering the ring at | 170 poands. Ali metnod of training is very | sim pie indeed ve irom the vast number of white woollen 8, Socks and coarse gioves | rewo about the grass and along the paling fence the initiated would not even suspect the jan Was working af ali. There is an envire ab- seace of dumpvells, Indian clubs, sand bags and the like, not evem & boxing glove can be seen. in the barn at the rear of the house, however, there is @ simple shower bath, with plenty of water handy and & bag it im the cor- ‘og, plenty jal tvod is the ing method. There fut they are nsed by it uphill work to te the pugilist how to row. alk, Waik, Walk is Allen’s course of training, ana at this sort of exer- cise be seems a periect g.atton. He has worn out all of ola Mr, Frazier’s sons and young Donnelly imto the bergain, aad a it alone, aligns he 8 of Pittsburg as the battle ground, | | yenow clay roads, bi is legs moving as briskly and Teguiarly #8 01 vers. A LOOK AT THE MAN would satisfy any one that means fight and no nonsense, aad the person Who stands up before e prepared {or active wor! pine ofit. Judging from his appearance to-day, he will not succamb easily, and if bis oppopent is any- thing like a8 strong, v! nd determi the conflict must necessarily be @ desp« ene. One ‘hing 18 certain—Alleo ig Working now to fight, 1s In earnest. “WITHIN FIFTY MILES OF PITTSBURG.” The battle ground is thus alluded to i the arti- cles of agreement, and, from what Can be learned at the present ume, tne inference is the fight will take place near mill Creek, the scene of the scuf- fe between Billy Edwaras and Sam Collyer last summer. Thus far there has been no atvempt at getting ap an excursion, a8 whose wno figured prominently in tne last a of the kind remem- ber it with feelings akin to sorrow. The steamer Movormick was chartered on that occasion by Bar- ney Aaron for the sua of $300, one-half of which the captain received in cash, with Barney's prom- ine vo the remainder, which promise he still following brief but interesting table the amount it would cost some persons to witness the mull, The holds. would ind nail dozen Amounts have ail been duly paid the Lg dgden ed District Attorney, by whom they were exacted the violation of The havigation ‘awe -- iteamer McCormick (two cases) .. Sieniner voal ilu (one cube) rt ler lot B Brasher nen ‘uiot Beott MoUartney .. Total costs. a ‘This 1s @ reason the steamboat men don much interest in the approacuing fight, and if they go at all it will aioot. However, the Cleveland and Pittsburg Rallroad runs along the Ono River shore to & point where the boundary lines of the Staves of Obio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania meet, and by crossing the mver at this pomt a number of suitable sites tor the affair May be jound, In case of interferences trom the autboritics of one Commonwealth the fighters and take their friends may step directly into an- otner State and pommel each other to their hearts’ content. It would appear there will be no excursion this ume, no moonlight picnic at $6 a ticket; novi to fact, of the Kind, fends will The principals and thetr leave here a day or two before the time set Jor the bt, amd those anxious w see the bout will be ooliged to take the regular tratns on the road alorementioned. Thi far the affair has been Kept very eee’, permens Ss. view of the determin: ton of Mayor McCartay to have the whole gang arrested should there be the least disturbance. Though there is quite @ number OF the fraternity. here aiready, aud yet a we must elapse beiore ce day for the fight arrives, yet tuere has been LITTLE BETTING on the battle, The neadquarters of the Allen men are at Sam French's, on Tenth street, and here ail Gay long may be found s number of celepri- ties discussing the merits of the men and the probabilities of interference on the part of tne cily authorities, Billy Edwards and Arthur Ouambers, with a host of lesser lights, will reach this cityon Saturday next and appear at the exbivition to be given that o— at the Academy of Music for Itis not definitely kKoown when Rooke will reach here, but a letter irom Joe Coburn, his trainer, stat ey will leave Vaelr Sresent training qi about Monday. ppp Some: | appears to be in readiness for the mill; | the ground has been sciected, the ropes and stakes fre 4t Sam French’s, and thé means of reaching the batue ground, afver quitting the cars, secured. SPECULATION ON THE PIGAT, Nen’s ai ge del op Monday next. Tne pugilist b; y mirers here, and what money has been wagered was in his favor, With the arrival of Eastern sporting men, however, betting will be stimalated, and it is dkely the oads will mot amount to much either iy Rooke is said to be in first class trim and will fight as he never fought before, whue others of projessed authority say he Cannot stand up beiore Alien for more than & half heur at his best. The latter nas in pis posses- on some $3,000 be wants to bet on the result, the iriends of Rooke need not be alarmed about any chances of failure in getting their money out. Allen will be seconded vy Arthur Chambers and pernaps billy Edwards, while Joe Coburn and another, not yet named, will perform a like duty | Jor Rooke. The men are to im the ring at an early nour, and tt is the intention of Barney Aaron, who manages the affair, to have the fig cme oe. on the day named at the earliest possible 0. EARTHQUAKE AND VOLCANO, BAS AFFLICTED CENTRAL AMERICA, BARRANQUILA, United Staves of Colombia, May 30, 1875. | On the 18th iust, bas caused the desiruction of | several towns On the Dorthern part of Lhe State of | Santander. SITUATION OF THE VOLCANO. The volcano is located by some on the El Alto de la Giracha aud by others on Sobavera. Tue mountain made its eruption on the day above wenloned, TOWNS AND CITIES DESTROYED. |, The towns of san Cayetano, Santiago, Grama- cristobal, Salazar and Ceuta have troyed in the larger part, principally the last. been live Phe steeple of the church and many houses in Salazar bave jailen by the shock and Cdcuta is in ruins and desoluvion everywuere. Oj the popula- tion, 18,000 Inbabitaats, Only 100 DeTsOms Lave been saved BALLS OF FIRE FROM THE BCRNING MOUNTAIN, Tae volcano turew out balls of fre. OCANA has suffered a little, Buildings bave been uo- rovied, PLIGHT OF THE PROPLE. Two hundred and fit the 20to, among people, carrying away the sum of $2,000 ana veg tables and bee! too, THE SEIZURE OF THE OCTAYIA. The seizure of the English yacht Octavia, in Brookiyn, by the Customs autherities of tois port for alleged infraction of the neutrality laws prom- ises to bring about complications with the Britisn | government, The vessel was placed under sur- | Velllance at the request of United States District Attoney Bliss, and, by an error of the r | marine, was seized. Mr. Bliss retarmed bere trom Washington on Saturday nights, and it is presumed he went to Washington with reference to this | subject. Yesterday morning he heid a consulia- tion with Mr, Robeson, Secretary of the Navy, at the Filth Avenue Hotel, Al interview &@ HERALD reporter met Mr. formed bim that Collector Artnur could not acceae to the formal efor her surrender, as the matier | Was entirely in the hands of the United States Dis- trict Attorne, Hence the reporter wished to k intended to be dene. Mr. bliss action of the Coi- ‘that he bad nothing to do with the matter at the present moment, as | the case w: urely in the hands 0! the Coliector | o1 the Port.’ it is prob: ie confiict of autnority will be settied to day, and it will be Known who is to be | saddled with this “white elephant.” The case Cy English steam yacht Deerhound (of Alabdtma fame) instanced to snow that the de jon Of the Octavia was illegal will be resented by the Britisa govern: te Deerhound, it will be remembered, | Remington rifles in Spain for the : spite of thie breach of the neu Derby, on be! of ul Engitesh goverum ded aad ily obtained that ven report the Ei Octavia nas telegraphed to the Foreign uftice at London with reference to the seizure of his yacht witnout her Raving committed any offence agaiast the laws of the United States, THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NEW ENGLAND QUAKERS—IMPORTANT TOPICS DISCUSSED. Newrorr, R. I., June 13, 1975, The New Pugiand Society of Friends are in ses- Sion here, ana to-day is Known througuout New Engiana as the Jone Meeting Sunday. legates are present irom nearly ali the yeariy meetings in this country and from Canada, Episties Rave been received from London, Norway and Sweden, | ano great interest is ted. » They will re mata Be jays. Tue meetings | and outdoor preaching was in addition to many of the juppiled With approved ininisters THE MOST IMPORTANT TUPIC | to be discussed will be the holding of meetings | each decid Tact tha terna' yeal in Portland, there being uc! ‘ourse in view of the | annually jor upward or 2009 Property that they own is locatea ‘and in Providence, the wnele of Which is valued at $100,000, Were they to go to Pertiand tney would be compelied to either baila | or bire @ house of wership. Their ny my here is one of the largest belonging to the Fri in America, The report of the Committee on Indian Affairs Will De another important topic, and a crowded meeting, to arouse an interest for the Indian in@, Was held iast nt. Seve: tribes are the care of this Society. About 600 Quakers attendance. SUICIDE FROM A FERRYBOAT. Thomas Hamming, aged twenty-one years, reaid- ing In Park avenue, Brookiyn, commited suicide last night by jumping from the lerryboat Idaho inte the Kast River at the foot of Roosevelt atreet. | Phe body Was pot recoverea. DETAILS OF THE DEADLY VISITATION WHICH | The terrible phenomeaon which we experienced | ‘ove, Arooleta, Cucutilia, Rosario, San Antonio, | | The obsequies of the late 3. Angnstus Mili | Weil known stockbroker and memver of the Ex | Change, took place yesterday afieruoon, from bis | The services were celebrated in the la GREAT OIL FIRE. Reape Details of the Conflagration at Negley's Run. aes EXPLOSION OF THE TANKS, TERRIFIC Over Fifty Thousand Barrels of Crude Oil Destroyed. THE LOSS AND INSURANCE. PirrssurG, Pa., June 13, 1875, ‘The great oil conflagration at Negiey’s Rup, some six miles above this city, which commenced yesterday afternoon, continued through the night, and not till this morning dia it expend its force and its fury. The works are called The Brilliant Oil Refinery, are owned by Lockhart & Frew, an@ Are considered about the most extensive oil con- cern in the United States. They were first started In 1866, and every year saw them increase by Additions till thetr capacity exceeded silmost any two refineries in this section of the country. The fire originated in the tank on the hillside, con. taining some 20,000 barrels of distillea oil, which is crude, ready for the stills in the refinery. How it caught is a profound mystery; but, once on fire, it roarea like a furnace, and soon after the irom rivets let go and the bofling oil ran down on to the track of the Allegheny Valley Railroad and across the littie stream of water vo the bleaching house, t! warehouse and the barre! house ofthe works. These are all wooden buddings, and the wind «prevailing at the time caused the fames to ron along them like wildfire, and in & brief time they were ablaze from one end to the other. In the barrel bouse there were not leas than 20,000 new barrels paraffined oll, which were entirely consumed. The property of the works extends for almost Jf a mile up the ran, and in this space was the refining carried on, and some thirteen tanks made of bolier tron were located, all of which contained eitner crude il, distillate, bengine, refined oll or tar.’ The fire no sooner struck oue tank than there would bg an explosion, like THR ROAR OF ARTILLERY, and the purning oil, fowing in every direction, Would ignite everytning of an inflammable oature within reach, A row of eight houses, occupied by laborers of the works, next took fire, and so rapidly did they burn that the inmates simply got away with their-lives. An effort was now made to dam the creek and confine the oll so as to keep it from reaching tne Allegheny River, but though a@ilarge force of men were working zealously in this direction they failed, and the burning ofl | Shot ous into the river, reaching half way across the stre: ‘The fire at this time was fear- fully grand, and thousands of peepie lined betn sides of the river and the hill tops were fairly black with humanity. About half way up in the run was at iron tank holding 26,000 barreis of crude oll, owned by Graf, Kennett & Co. Several lines of hose played on this for some time, and it Was thought it could be saved, Suddenly there ‘Was seen arise above this reservoir a thick vapor, which, with every moment increased in yolume, and then a loud report and the tamk vomited forth & black column of smoke and fire which lit up still brignter the heavens for miles arouna. A truck, steam engine and hose carriage at this moment rrowly escaped destruction. They we c | their efforts to save the bridge of the Allegheny D this iresh stream of oil came | Bpon them. ior their lives. The engine and truck were saved irom destrociion by a locomotive. There was ANOTHER HUGE TANK containing 40,000 barrels of crude ofl at the ex- treme ead of the ten acres burned over; but the | wand, fortunately, changed about this time and, | nee tue firemen to work, they saved this | tank. That part of the refinery Known as the still houses and treating houses was saved, from fact that the building 1s cut sto! ad every- The heat was so intense that id stand for a moment near apy aid 10 staylwg the prog: ress of the are, LOSS AND INSUR. Lockhart & Frew, owners of Mate their joss at $500,000; but tne rep: tives of the insurance companies put tt | figure, believing tuas $300,000 will cover every- thing. On a tank of crnde | Graf, Benuess & © $20,00 in THE FOLLOWING COMPANIFS:— Niagara, oi New York, $2,000; German-American, 'w York, $2,500; Hodman, New York, $2,005 Royal Canadian, $2,500; Frenco Insar Corpo- $5,000; Western, of Pittsburg, $2,000, aad Armenia, of Pittsburg, $2,500. Lockbart & Frew have insurance only on their ng Dowse, barrel house and storage house, 000, in New York, Philadeipnia, rg and English Companies. Many | Of the com: in which they have policies re- | fused to renew them even at a hig premium | toan that paid last year. Their polic’ xpired at Doon to-day, 80 that all toe oid companies have | been caught for the fuil amount of taeir policies. | Locehart & Frew’s loss above their insurance will | be very heavy, and, as stated before, they esti- | Mate it at @ higher figure than the insurance men will admit, The bridge of the Valley road, spanning Ni rd | Run, Was made ofiron, but notwithstandn the ties and timbers were entirely consumed, and | a lurge iorce of workmen are engaged w-day in | relaying the track The rails are twisted in every concetvabie shape. It is expec ed that the repairs ‘Will De se [ar completed as to admit of the pas- sage of traims to-night. By the fire fully 50,000 barrels of crude oil were destroyed. Great piles of hoop heaped up here and there tell of the aestruction in whe way of barrels, | ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. Some attribute the conflagration to a spark from 4 jocoumotive finding its way iuto the ail 3 near the ratiroad, but this tang bas been there for fn wed and was well protected from such danger. Indeed the works were about as carefully con- iole for men to couduct suca destruction th in the preservation of suc! 3 by fire. The con- (25,000 barrels), owned by » there is au iusurance of 2 fiagration Was one of tl that nag visited this pi steuch of barning a Was to-day Visited by thousauds of curious peupie. | OBSEQUIES OF MR. S A MILLS. late residence, No. il) Kast Thirty-fourth stree' front parior of the house, and were atvended by a num- ber of Mr. Mills’ friends and business associates. The body was enclosed in a black cloth-covered casket, Deavily silver-mounted, and Waving on ite | S. AUGUSTUS ML . 3 Died June 10, 1875. Aged 45 years. Cre 00 ne ne PAPO OLELE PIE TE DOLOLOTETELELOLE EEL OO HOE HE ® The casket Was surrounded on all siden with rich and costly forai embiems, the gi'ts of iriends and relatives of the deceased. The Rev. Dra, Kendrick and Hawtnorn officiated, the former paying a tribute to the memory of Mr. Milla. The remains Wili be taken to-day (Monday) Lo Gre w od Cemetery for mcerment. | plate tne following imscription:— PO RLLOLE LE LELE DELL LODE LOLOREDELODD PEDO PPLE DE OEE: FUNERAL OF A VERERAN. The funeral of the late John Shrady, @ veteran ©} the war Of 1812, took place yesterday, from his late residence, No, 38 East Thirty-second street, ‘and was atvended by several of his old comrades in arms, The services were celebrated by the Rev. William B. Merritt and a dirg e was chantea by a quarcet choir. The remains were enci osea in @ heavy rosewood casket, silver mounted. Dearing the nw date of birth and deat (uinety-thi of the deceased 1 the piati G a the ins were taken to tne Marble m Second street, and vault. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY, The following recor@ will show the changes in the temperature sor the past twenty-four bours, in comparison with the corresponali ¥ indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s warmacy, HERALD Buildin, 1875, 1874, 66 3:30 P.M. @ 6PM 4 OPM. 2M 62 6 12 P.M Average temperature yesterday. ture for correspoudin, ig uate ene